Goal: To improve health and Health education
through primary and preventative health programs
Major Activities of Health Program are:
Clinical Support, House Visit, Immunization, Health Awareness Meeting, Pregnant
women check up and distribution of Iron / Folic acid tab, Health awareness
Camp, Sterilization and distribution of family planning material, Networking
for health facilities, Special Cases, Health Staff Training etc.
A: Clinical Support: During this program year
(April 2005 to March 2006) there were total 9360 patients attended our several
UCP clinics and got treatment in the comparison of last program year (April-
2004 to March-2005) where a total number of 9576 were checked up and provided
medication by WLC Doctors. At present, 4 Doctors and 2 Midwife are working
at WLC UCP project areas. The total number of UCP sites is 15 where Health
program is running.
No. of Patient Treatment
2004-05
2005-06
Females
4402
4493
Males
1509
1302
Children
3665
3565
Total patients treated
9576
9360
Most frequent patients are those who suffer from fever,
cough, Diarrhea, Asthma, Low backache, Avitaminosis, Vomiting, Common cold,
Traumatic injury, Arthritis, Running ear, Watery eyes, gastrointestinal disorder
and Stomatitis.
The direct benefits of health program to the communities
are:
" Availability of primary healthcare facility at all UCP sites. This
not only saves the money of community members but also avoids any complicated
diseases.
" Health awareness meetings and health awareness camps provides them
the information regarding the diseases, its cause , symptoms, where to go
for free or economical treatment and the most important part is that how to
prevent the ailments.
" Awareness among Community members about health and hygiene.
" Community members understand the need and importance of immunization
to children, Adolescent girls and pregnant women. Community members are being
linked with government Immunization program to avail the free facility of
Immunization.
" India is a country with population more than 1 billion. The population
is increasing day by day.
The need and importance of Family planning is being taught to the beneficiaries
through health awareness meetings and health awareness camps. Community members
are being linked with government Family planning program to avail the free
facility of Sterilization and family planning means.
B: House Visit: During the period of 2005-06,
a total number of 3455 House visit was done by WLC doctors in the UCP communities.
The objective of house visit was to follow up of patients, to observe overall
cleanliness inside and outside the home, to provide education on population,
clean drinking water storage, to invite the patients at health clinics and
to invite the community members in the health awareness meetings.
C: Immunization: An Auxiliary Nurse Midwife
(ANM) from the government hospital comes to WLC health centers to immunize
the children, pregnant women and adolescent girls. WLC Doctors work to link
the government immunization program with the project areas. Vitamin 'A' doses
are collected from the government hospital and provided to children.
D:Health Awareness Meetings:
" Health awareness meetings are the major part of WLC health program.
WLC doctors regularly arrange health awareness meetings at all the UCP sites.
Some times the number of meetings affected by marriage and crops season.
" A combined total of 300 Health awareness meeting were held in the period
April 2005 to March 2006.
" The health awareness topic was Antenatal and Postnatal care, Diarrhea
and ORS, Malaria, Cholera, Nutrition, Adolescence, Family Planning, Water
and sanitation, HIV/AIDS, Pregnant women and newborn care, Female diseases
and Tuberculosis respectively in the month of April, May, June, July, August,
September, October, November, December, January, February and March respectively.
" Most participants at health awareness meetings are adult females, followed
by adolescent females. The numbers of Males are very less.
Participation at Health Awareness
Meetings
.
Adult
Adolescents
Total
.
Females
Males
Females
Males
.
Total
4942
301
1023
57
6380
E: Pregnant women check up and distribution of Iron/Folic Acid tabs:
During the period April'05 to March'06, 190 women were registered for their
check up. They were arranged for Tetanus toxoid injection and Iron /Folic
Acid tabs. Out of 190 pregnant women, 29 were referred to hospitals for the
delivery. A total of 2455 women were distributed Iron/Folic Acid tabs including
pregnant women. See Table 1.
F: Health Awareness Camps: Three health awareness camps were held
this Year
G: Sterilization and distribution of Family Planning Materials: WLC Doctors
did networking with government's health staff to collect family planning materials
and for sterilization. A total of 24 women were sterilized during the year.
Condoms were distributed to 457 Males and Oral contraceptive pills were distributed
to 411 females. SeeTable1.
H: Networking: A Total of 77 networking sessions took place this year.
Important networking sessions included free Iron /folic acid tabs, ORS, C.D
Cassette for health awareness, consultation for health awareness camps, medication
and family planning devices.Through the Primary Health Center (PHC), and free
health education materials.
I: Special Cases :( Success Stories)
" There are currently six special cases being followed-up by WLC doctors,
of which four are male and two are female".
" Three patients are children, two are adult and one is elderly".
" All patients have improved health status after receiving specialized
treatment after becoming a special case".
